Launches a privileged utility process.

base/process/launch.h

 // Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // This file contains functions for launching subprocesses.
 
 #ifndef BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_
 #define BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_
 
 #include <set>
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 //
 // The first command line argument should be the path to the process,
 // and don't forget to quote it.
 //
 // Example (including literal quotes)
 //  cmdline = "c:\windows\explorer.exe" -foo "c:\bar\"
 BASE_EXPORT bool LaunchProcess(const string16& cmdline,
                                const LaunchOptions& options,
                                ProcessHandle* process_handle);
 
+// Launches a process with elevated privileges.  This does not behave exactly
+// like LaunchProcess as it uses ShellExecuteEx instead of CreateProcess to
+// create the process.  This means the process will have elevated privileges
+// and thus some common operations like OpenProcess will fail. The process will
+// be available through the |process_handle| argument.  Currently the only
+// option that is supported from LaunchOptions are |start_hidden| and |wait|.
+BASE_EXPORT bool LaunchElevatedProcess(const CommandLine& cmdline,
+                                       const LaunchOptions& options,
+                                       ProcessHandle* process_handle);
+
 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
 // A POSIX-specific version of LaunchProcess that takes an argv array
 // instead of a CommandLine.  Useful for situations where you need to
 // control the command line arguments directly, but prefer the
 // CommandLine version if launching Chrome itself.
 BASE_EXPORT bool LaunchProcess(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
                                const LaunchOptions& options,
                                ProcessHandle* process_handle);
 
 // Close all file descriptors, except those which are a destination in the
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 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
 // Restore the default exception handler, setting it to Apple Crash Reporter
 // (ReportCrash).  When forking and execing a new process, the child will
 // inherit the parent's exception ports, which may be set to the Breakpad
 // instance running inside the parent.  The parent's Breakpad instance should
 // not handle the child's exceptions.  Calling RestoreDefaultExceptionHandler
 // in the child after forking will restore the standard exception handler.
 // See http://crbug.com/20371/ for more details.
 void RestoreDefaultExceptionHandler();
 #endif  // defined(OS_MACOSX)
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 }  // namespace base
 
 #endif  // BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_